State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,410 Vermont births in 1949 across 279 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Vermont more than they say America.

#69Claireoutside the national top 200
#79Dana#192 nationally
#88Daleoutside the national top 200
#63Bradley#174 nationally
#94Dawnoutside the national top 200
#95Francineoutside the national top 200
#77Marion#182 nationally
#97Andreoutside the national top 200
#99Claytonoutside the national top 200
#75Roland#175 nationally
#93Reginald#189 nationally
#89Maurice#183 nationally

Girls

#1Linda262US #1
#2Mary173US #2
#3Susan156US #5
#4Patricia117US #3
#5Nancy95US #7
#6Diane85US #19
#7Barbara83US #4
#8Sandra81US #6
#9Donna79US #12
#10Carol78US #8
#11Judith63US #16
#12Kathleen63US #9
#13Deborah57US #15
#14Margaret57US #14
#15Brenda53US #13
#16Sharon51US #10
#17Cheryl48US #28
#18Bonnie45US #35
#19Elizabeth43US #25
#20Jane42US #41
#21Joanne41US #61
#22Pamela41US #21
#23Joan39US #36
#24Martha38US #34
#25Suzanne37US #62
#26Christine36US #30
#27Shirley36US #18
#28Gail33US #51
#29Karen33US #11
#30Janet32US #23
#31Carolyn31US #17
#32Ann30US #44
#33Anne30US #86
#34Joyce30US #26
#35Cynthia29US #27
#36Jean29US #45
#37Judy28US #20
#38Marie28US #67
#39Paula28US #55
#40Gloria26US #29
#41Janice26US #24
#42Beverly25US #31
#43Betty23US #22
#44Lorraine23US #102
#45Sally23US #77
#46Sheila23US #76
#47Dianne22US #85
#48Elaine22US #57
#49Helen22US #46
#50Ellen21US #64
#51Theresa20US #63
#52Catherine19US #37
#53Charlene19US #100
#54Maureen19US #89
#55Alice18US #53
#56Dorothy18US #32
#57Katherine17US #59
#58Rebecca17US #40
#59Ruth17US #47
#60Virginia17US #39
#61Jacqueline16US #58
#62Marilyn16US #33
#63Pauline16US #156
#64Louise15US #104
#65Marlene15US #110
#66Rosemary15US #98
#67Laura14US #65
#68Rita14US #54
#69Claire13
#70Jo13US #60
#71Phyllis13US #50
#72Colleen12US #146
#73Diana12US #48
#74Doris12US #69
#75Frances12US #49
#76Jeanne12US #92
#77Marion12US #182
#78Denise11US #140
#79Sherry11US #68
#80Sylvia11US #94
#81Darlene10US #75
#82Irene10US #111
#83June10US #138
#84Kathryn10US #52
#85Lynn10US #74
#86Connie9US #43
#87Constance9US #83
#88Dale9
#89Marjorie9US #116
#90Rose9US #66
#91Valerie9US #108
#92Andrea8US #144
#93Anna8US #91
#94Dawn8
#95Francine8
#96Lynda8US #93
#97Marcia8US #78
#98Norma8US #105
#99Roberta8US #97
#100Wanda8US #56

Boys

#1Robert226US #2
#2David204US #6
#3John178US #3
#4Michael170US #5
#5Richard160US #7
#6James152US #1
#7William136US #4
#8Stephen117US #19
#9Gary113US #12
#10Thomas108US #8
#11Ronald86US #11
#12Paul76US #17
#13Bruce70US #26
#14George67US #18
#15Dennis63US #16
#16Donald62US #13
#17Larry62US #10
#18Charles56US #9
#19Douglas56US #29
#20Peter53US #38
#21Steven51US #20
#22Edward50US #21
#23Raymond50US #30
#24Roger48US #25
#25Joseph46US #14
#26Wayne46US #35
#27Daniel43US #22
#28Kenneth40US #15
#29Mark38US #24
#30Alan37US #45
#31Jeffrey34US #48
#32Timothy33US #34
#33Francis32US #78
#34Brian28US #86
#35Stanley26US #60
#36Gerald25US #33
#37Lawrence25US #32
#38Ernest24US #76
#39Gregory24US #31
#40Henry22US #46
#41Arthur21US #44
#42Ralph21US #50
#43Philip20US #55
#44Gordon19US #113
#45Norman19US #90
#46Christopher18US #81
#47Harold18US #42
#48Louis18US #64
#49Russell18US #69
#50Alfred17US #96
#51Andrew17US #75
#52Frank16US #27
#53Howard16US #63
#54Patrick16US #39
#55Rodney16US #87
#56Allen15US #71
#57Bernard15US #111
#58Lee15US #93
#59Frederick14US #70
#60Leonard14US #74
#61Terry14US #28
#62Walter14US #37
#63Bradley13US #174
#64Craig13US #77
#65Harry13US #59
#66Kevin13US #95
#67Randall13US #79
#68Roy13US #51
#69Albert12US #56
#70Barry12US #73
#71Dale12US #54
#72Danny12US #40
#73Edwin12US #123
#74Glenn12US #61
#75Roland12US #175
#76Duane11US #137
#77Keith11US #85
#78Carl10US #43
#79Dana10US #192
#80Dean10US #129
#81Earl10US #91
#82Eric10US #105
#83Jerry10US #23
#84Leo10US #153
#85Dwight9US #151
#86Fred9US #72
#87Herbert9US #107
#88Martin9US #83
#89Maurice9US #183
#90Victor9US #116
#91Eugene8US #58
#92Neil8US #161
#93Reginald8US #189
#94Scott8US #99
#95Steve8US #68
#96Allan7US #143
#97Andre7
#98Anthony7US #36
#99Clayton7
#100Clifford7US #103

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑39Alfred#50
↑36Craig#64
↑35Ellen#50
↑34Christopher#46
↑28Christine#26
↑26Jeffrey#31
↑25Joanne#21
↑24Leonard#60

Falling

↓45Marcia#97
↓42Diana#73
↓41Reginald#93
↓29Carl#78
↓27Walter#62
↓25Anthony#98
↓24Lynda#96
↓22Leo#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.